Shirt collar construction



Sept. 23, 194.

S. BURTON SHIRT COLLAR CONSTRUCTION Filed July 1, 1946 SAMUEL 802m,

INVENTOR BY I 1 ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 21, 1948 "STAT-as rare-INT, D-FFIQE.

. 2,4495% snra'r COLLAR corrsTnUcTIoN Samuei Burton, Los Angeles, Calif; Application July 1, 1946;. Seri'a l'No. esac'ai M This invention relates to improvements in the construction of shirts of the: collar-attached type stats particularly directedto a method of making such shirts in a ready, facile, and rapid manner. In the ordinarymanner of makin shirts, the

collar' is made out of a plurality'of elements intached to the shirt and duringthis ste of attaching the collar it is necessary to carefully and accurately tuck or turn under the raw, unfinished edges of the various collar elements and attach them tathe neckline edge of i the shirt and/or shirt yoke; The last-described operation requiresexpert operators; is time-consuming,. and appreciable number of shirts made" in this manner are imperfect, since the edges of the collar elements are often improperly or insufficiently tucked in, turned under, and stitched.

In accordance with the present invention, the method described hereinabove is discarded, and instead, a complete collar unit is separately formed, such collar unit being free from raw, unbound, or unfinished edges. These collar units may then be easily and rapidly attached to a shirt in the region of the neckline so that a complete collar-attached shirt is provided. Moreover, in accordance with the present invention, the collar units are provided with a distinctive, identifying edge marking which eliminates the necessity of attaching a separate label, trademark or otheridentiflcation to the shirt.

It is an object of the present invention, therefore, to disclose and provide an improved method of making collar-attached shirts.

A further object of the invention is to disclose and provide a collar-attached shirt of an improved type wherein the collar is firmly, neatly, and positively attached to the body of the shirt.

A still further object of the invention is to disclose a complete collar unit provided with one edge carrying identifying marking.

In addition, it is an object of the invention to provide a complete collar unit free from raw, unfinished edges, which collar unit may be readily and simply attached to the body of a shirt by inexperienced operators.

These and other objects, advantages and adaptations of the invention will become appar- 2 Claims. (oi. ai -139:

ant" to those skilled in the art from the folibw ing description of the method and constructi ist! of this invention. Inorder to facilitate understanding, reference will be had to the appended drawings inwhich."

Fig. 1 is a plan view ofa completed collar-dint prior'toattachinent taashirt; i X J Fig". 2 is a plan view of the upper" portion of a shirt in extended form illustrating themethod ofattaching the" collar'unit to the shirt.

Fig. 3' is an enlarged transverse section; taken along the plane IIli-Ililfof Fig; I. V

Fig; 4 is an enlarged transverse section take through the plane IV-IV of Fig. 2.

A completebol-l'ari uni-t made"- in accordance with thepresent "invention is generally indicated at Hi, and, as more specificallyshowninFigltt may consist of surface elements If and t2 andan inner liner el-ement13', these three elemeritsbeingjcut' from suitable patterns and being substa-ntla'lly identical" in shape and" size. The complete collar unit may b'e'saidto :be delineatedtby means of aback margin l4, point margins l5 and It, and aneckline IT.

The collar unit is preferably made by first stitching the surface elements H and I2 (together with the inner or liner element l3 when such inner element is used) along the back margin l4 and the points [5 and I6 as indicated by the line of stitching l8. The collar elements are in an inverted or wron-g-side-out position at the time that the stitching I8 is applied to the points and back margin, no stitching being applied to the neck margin. The partially completed collar is then turned inside out so as to place the surface elements II and I2 on the exterior, thereby giving rise to a blind seam along the points and back margin of the collar.

The raw unfinished edges of the inner and outer surface elements, as well as the lining, in the region of the neckline, are then bound with a tape or other binding 20 by means of one or more lines of stitching, such as the line of stitching indicated at 2|, thus giving rise to a complete collar unit, the neckline being enclosed by the tape 20.

The tape 20 preferably carries an identifying marking such as a trade-mark, name of manufacturer, or the like. In addition, the tape 20 may be of a distinctive color, the color of the tape indicating the quality or manufacturer. The tape 20 may also carry identifying marks denoting the size of the collar. It may be noted in passing that the collar unit shown in Fig. 1 is of the type generally employed on sport or leisure shirts and is normally folded or bent over itself along the dash line 22.

The collar unit described hereinabove may now be attached to a shirt. It is to be remembered that shirt constructions vary a great deal, since the shirts may be provided with a yoke, may be partially lined, etc. In the example illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4, the collar unit Ill is shown in combination with a sport type shirt including a yoke 24 and front part-linings 25 and 26, the front part of the shirt being indicated at 21. It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the complete collar unit, free from raw or unfinished edges, may be readily applied to the body ofthe shirt and stitched to the yoke 24, the front portions 21 and the part-lining 25 and 26 while these various elements are arranged in an inverted or wrong-side-out position, as for example, by means of a line of stitching indicated at 28. Upon being turned or transposed into final position, blind seams of attachment between the collar unit and the body of the shirt will exist.

, The righthand portion of Fig. 2 shows the infolded edge portions 21' and 26' of the front and part-lining portions of a shirt and similar infolded portions are shown in Fig. 4. It is to be understood, however, that the line of stitching 28 is accomplished while the various parts are in an, inverted or wrong-side-out position so that it is not necessary for the operator to carefully in-turn the edges prior to stitching. As previously indicated, the figures are simply exemplary of one form of shirt construction and the invention is not limited thereto. Moreover, although but one line of stitching 28 is shown as attaching great savings of time and labor which flow from this improved construction. Many variations and changes can be made from the specific construction described in detail. All changes coming within the scope of the appended claims are embraced thereby.

I claim:

1. An improvement in the construction of shirts of the collar-attached type comprising a folda'ble collar uni-t free from stitching along fold line characterized by absence of raw, unfinished edges and comprisin a pair of virtually identical collar surface elements of equal width internally stitched together along the point and back margins of the collar to form blind seams, the raw edges delineating the marginal edge of the collar normally attachable to a shirt being bound and enclosed with a tape, said tape terminating at the point margin of the collar whereby said collar may be points and back margin, turning the assembly in- The following references: are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 311,184 Gallup Jan. 27,1885 1,297,937 Van Heusen Mar. 18,1919 2,251,758 Rubinstein -Aug. 5, 1941 2,266,910 Rosenfeld Dec. 23,1941 

